32 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The Cervine remains in Wall-case VI. have been cleaned, re-arranged, and labelled. 

 The unexhibited Mammalian remains (upwards of 200 in number) have been collected 

 together, classified, and arranged, in drawers, in the Table-cases of this room. 



In Room V. The Rhinoceros remains, exhibited in Wall-case 5, have been cleaned 

 and re-arranged. 



The remaining unregistered portion of the Barrande Collection of Silurian MoUusca 

 has now been completely named and registered, and a part mounted and exhibited, in 

 Table-cases 5 and 1 1 ; the remaining specimens are placed in the drawers of the Table- 

 cases in this room. 



Additional specimens have been incorporated in Table-case 19 (Echmodermata), 

 including the fine group of Star-fishes ( Oreaster bulbifenis, Forbes), from the Upper Chalk 

 of Bromley. 



The ' Astier' Cretaceous Cephalopoda, and the 'Paul Mohr ' Liassic Ammonitidte, which 

 formerly occupied parts of three Table-cases in this room (Table-cases 10, 11, and 12) 

 have been entirely re-arranged, and a portion of them placed in drawers ; the space thus 

 gained has been appropriated to the display of a fine series oi Nautili, from the Tertiary, 

 Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Palseozoic rocks. The chief collection of this group of Tetrabran- 

 chiate Cephalopoda is arranged in the Wall-cases of the Supplemental Room, which, 

 being temporarily occupied as studies, is not accessible to the public. 



In Room VI. The Pier-case No. 1, containing remains of the large marsupial animals, 

 has been re-arranged, and some recently-described species have been added. 



In Wall-cases 5 to 9, the Mastodon and Elephant remains have been cleaned and 

 partly re-arranged, and several newly-acquired specimens have been incoi'porated in the 

 series ; many additional labels have been written for this part of the collection. 



In Wall-case 10 (lower half) have been arranged the recently-acquired remains of the 

 pigmy Elephants from Malta; collected, and described by Dr. Leith Adams, F.E.s. 



In the upper half of the same case is exhibited a series of remains from the Caves of 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil ; these have been re-arranged, and the species determined and labelled. 



The Bains collection of South African fossils, consisting chiefly of Reptilian remains 

 enclosed in masses of rock, has been looked over, and about 50 of the specimens have been 

 developed by the mason. 



Many of the more delicate and brittle fossils recently-acquired have been mounted in 

 glazed frames, and exhibited. 



The Edwards' Collection of Eocene Mollusca has been labelled and registered. 



The remaining jDortion of the Etheridge Collection has been labelled, named, and 

 registered. 



The Allport Collection of Silurian Mollusca has been named and registered. 



-A large number of labels for the Plants, the Protozoa, and the several groups of the 

 Invertebrata, have been prepared and affixed to the specimens exhibited in the Gallery. 



Specimens registered during the past year : — 

 Vertehrata : 



Mammalia - - - - 

 Aves - - - - - 

 Reptilia _ - » - 

 Pisces _ - _ _ 



Invertebrata: 



Protozoa and Rhizopoda 



Zoophyta-Zoantharia - 



Echinodermata - - - 



Polyzoa _ - _ - 



Mollusca - - _ - 



Annelida - - - - 



Crustacea - - - - 



Plant Remains - - - 



The number of visits from Students during the past year was 606. 



- 



- 



789 





- 



- 



12 





- 



- 



92 





- 



~ 



131 



1,024 







_ 



_ 



290 





- 



- 



42 





- 



- 



137 





- 



- 



7 





- 



- 



16,810 





- 



- 



52 





- 



- 



55 



17,393 







• 



- 



846 



846 



Total 



19,263 



Acquisitions. 



The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows : — 



I. By Donation.— A. Veetebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — Remains of Elephas primigenius, Bison prisons, Ovibos moschatus and 

 Equus; from the Por.^upine River, Dominion of Canada. Presented by the ; Rev. 

 Robert Macdonald. 



A series 



